Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply. She spent a lot of time on holiday on narrowboats with her parents (I believe a lot of her summer was spent cruising) and is keen to combine a return to that, with her own place to live. Looking at flats for one person brings out some fairly intimidating prices.
I've looked around online and found a few rough figures as far as mooring costs, licenses etc go but there's nothing that I can find on some fairly big potential costs like how long will a steel hull last, how much would regular repairs on a well maintained 10 year old boat be, are there regular repairs which necessitate being out of the boat for any period of time, etc. She'd want to be either near Radcliffe on Trent or near the city centre, so I pointed her towards Castle Marina. I don't think she's called them for prices or availability of mooring yet, but I was hoping to find out laws regarding mooring on the side of the Trent and where (if anywhere) such a thing can be done. I've suggested that we take a walk down the canal towpath one weekend soon to chat to folks on their boats about it, but then the wonderful thing about an egroup is the ability to have a think before replying :) I know many times now I've had conversations where ten minutes later I've thought "ah, I wish I'd told them about X". Dave ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
